2008/5/19 Michael Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 19/05/08, Callan Barrett wrote: >> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Michael Krauss >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On 18/05/08, Roman Kyrylych wrote: >> >> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UID_and_GID_list >> > >> > dma now occupies 74:74. >> >> I don't think you're meant to actually edit this list are you? It's >> just for reference. > > Maybe you are right, I don't know. There were two points why I > supposed editing is ok: > i) The page isn't write protected. > ii) If I am not allowed to add ids that I use, others aren't > allowed too. That implies there may be packages out there that > use unlisted ids. So using an unlisted id for my package to not > interfere with other programs is useless. Finally this means > the list isn't that important and could be ignored. > But if it's not important, why not editing it myself ;-) > > However, if you want my entries to be removed, simply delete them. I > promise to not adding them again in this case. Instead I would add > some voodoo to the dma.install script to make sure that the ids are not > used when installing the package. Unfortunately this won't prevent an > other subsequently installed package from reusing the ids.
I'd say the best way for handling this situation is: * user posts a list of his/her packages that need uid/gid, * dev/tu decides which uid/gid number it should be and adds them * user modifies his/her packages to use the hardcoded uids/gids Note that it is not recommended to add new uids/gids below 100, unless it is some standard system package or a very popular one with the same uid/gid in every distro (something like that, you've got the idea, I guess). -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
